IACD is thrilled to share with our members the publication of the Participatory Community Building Guidebook 2020! This was a joint effort by Jeder Institute members, Michelle Dunscombe and Dee Brooks who are also ABCD Institute members, IACD Oceania Co-Directors, ABCD Asia Pacific facilitators, Art of Hosting grassroots practitioners and international trainers.
This is a guidebook is designed for participants of Art of Participatory Community Building and the shorter Participatory Community Building workshops. It is not a substitute for attending a workshop and is designed to enhance the workshop experience and to be used as a point of reference for your future practice.
The Art of Participatory Community Building (AoPCB) is the brain child of Dee Brooks and Michelle Dunscombe who utilise participatory processes in their community development/building work across the globe. AoPCB blends patterns, practice, processes and principles from Asset Based Community-led Development, Art of Hosting, Appreciative Inquiry and other strengths based methodologies. During a workshop not all contents in this guidebook are covered as we co-create the content with a local core team to support where each community is on their journey of community building. The guidebook offers an insight to the range of patterns, practice, processes and principles available to support local community-led efforts.
We trust you will enjoy the Art of participatory Community Building workshop. We always welcome suggestions for revisions to the guidebook and love to hear how you adapt any
We acknowledge the work of John McKnight, Jody Kretzmann, ABCD Institute, Mike Green, Toke Moeller and the global Art of Hosting community, Jack Pearpoint, David Cooperrider, Jackie Stavros, Denise Bijoux from Catalyse (NZ), Harrison Owen, Juanita Brown and David Isaacs and appreciate their generosity in making available the materials used in this guide.
If you have this guidebook and haven’t participated in a workshop and would like to join a workshop, please contact Dee or Michelle at Jeder Institute. Dee and Michelle have developed a 3 day Train the Trainer program if you are interested in developing your knowledge further to deliver your own trainings and workshops.
Introduction to the Participatory Community Building Guidebook by Dee Brooks and Michelle Dunscombe, IACD Regional Director and Country Correspondent respectively.
You can access the guidebook by clicking here. You can also learn more about Jeder Institute here.
